Improved stove-fife sheiif and drier



tanica- (sma y' W. CA/NEDY, OF WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS.

Letters PatentNo. 91,519, dated June 22, 1869.

IMPRQYED STVE-PIPE SHELF AND DRIER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename.

To all whom 'it ma/y Aconcern Be it known that I, W.- E. CANEDY, ofWauconda,

in the county of Lake, and State of Illinois,- have invented a CombinedShelf, Fruit-Drier, and Olot-hes- Drier; and Ido hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionrthereof, whichjwillenable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawhings, andletters marked thereon,`making a part of,v this description, in l which- Figure lis aperspective representation of my invention.

lFigure 2, a broken view of the under side, showing Vthe folding leaf,and the manner in 'which it is held in a plane with the shelf.

Figure 3, a vertical section, taken through iig. 1 on `theline Z.

Figure 4, a perspective view of the device for supl porting the leaf andthelarms of the clothes-drier.

Figure 5, a viewlof one of the inner anglesof the fruitfdlier, showingthe rod that holds it together.

` The nature of the-present invention consists in the novel constructionand combination'of a rbtating shelf, a .drying or warming-oven, and aclothes-drier, the

' whole being supported in a convenient position above `astove by thepipe .leading therefrom.

. 1t' represents a light iron shelf,.which is cast in a solid plate orwith intersecting bals and scrolLwork, as most desirable, and which hasacircular opening through itof suitable size to receive a collar, L,figs. 1 and 3, on which the shelf rotates.

This collar has a ange, M, iig. 3, on which the shelf bears, and overits periphery,`at the top end, is

placed a collar, N, which is held in place by means of a screw, V,passing through projecting lugs on the collars, and bearing against acurved plate, x, and at the same time holding the collar L to thestovepipc A.

f The shelf R at one side of the pipe supports a drying andwarming-oven, D, which consists of a top' plate, D, ends and back H I,doors F, and a grated bottom, J J, &c., the several parts being heldtogether by means ofrods E put through the shelf R, and fast- .ened tothe grated bottom J. In making the article,

however, the plate `D may be dispensed with by casting the top part Rsolid. and using it as a top for the drier.

A leaf, B, figs. 1, 2, and 3, is hinged to the shelf R at O C, and it issupported by a truncated support, K,

.which is so cut away at g that when that side is turned around, on itspivot l, to a point parallel with the joint of the leaf, the latter willfall down, as shown by dotted lines O, g. 1.

This support is arranged, by means of slots ff, 85e., to hold a seriesof arms, P, for drying clothes, or other household articles, andtherefore the double purpose of supporting the leaf B and arms P.

By means of this construction and arrangement the -drier can be placedon the front, back, or side of th e pipe A, according to the degree ofheat required, and if the room in frontof the pipe is required forculinary purposes, the leaf B` can be turned down.

Having thus described my invention,

I do not claim a stove-pipe shelf, 4that having been used before; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, `is

lhe combination of a rotating shelf, R, provided with a hinged leaf, B,with the drying-oven D, provided with a grated bottom, J, and thepivoted support K, provided with slots f,rfor supporting arms P, and socut away on the side g as to allow the leaf B to fall down, when thesupport is turned on its pivot l, as set forth.

. W. E. GANEDY. Witnesses: 1

PETER JOHNSON, J. W. BREWSTER.

